Paper bags marked with hand-written messages lit the walkway into the front doors of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in San Carlos Tuesday night for a service to honor the life of a 12-year-old boy taken too soon.
Hundreds of people gathered inside the church, filling out the main sanctuary and extending into the overflow room.
The congregation included friends of 12-year-old Andrew Olsen and his family.
“Whenever I came into the house, he would always run to me and give me a big hug,” said James Elmore, who said the family has been living in his home. “He was so happy to see people — and always smiling.”…